Sanction falls disproportionately on black boys, and there is a better way.

5:57 PM,
Jun. 6, 2014

President Obama visits a preschool class in Washington, D.C. in March.

Written by

DeWayne Wickham
For Gannett Central Wisconsin Media

There's not a lot that shocks me anymore. But I didn't get very deep into the 61-page report released May 30 by the panel President Obama created in February to find solutions to the many problems that afflict black and Hispanic boys before I found something that left me dumbfounded.

In a section titled "Keeping Young Children in School and on Track," the authors of "My Brother's Keeper Task Force Report to the President," urged that something be done to reduce the number of black kids who are suspended or expelled from preschool.